4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Cask conditioned and bottle conditioned, this complex ale is refreshing, bright and bubbly. Although it pours with little head, it is a pleasing color. Sweet and fruity, the aromas include strawberries, blueberries, apple, peach and bananas, along with coffee malt and hoppy meadow. Lesser notes include green straw, toffee/caramel, yeast and cherry. Taste is also complex with initial hits of malt, hops, apple and strawberry, spice, ginger and caramel. In the middle, the fruity sweetness transitions to a medium bitter hop flavor, with an herbal quality. It finishes smooth, with a return to fruit which lingers. Mouthfeel was right for an EPA, and the modest ABV makes for a good session ale. The bottle has a spiffy modern label, not unlike those trendy boutique wines.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Nose: Toffee, molasses, chocolate.
Taste: Rich bitter chocolate, vanilla, coffee.
Lovely and thick, nice amber colour. Fills the mouth.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
I fell in love with this beer. Dark amber with almost no head. sweet, fresh and a little bitter. honey, roasted, great hops. coffee dipped biscuit.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Pours a rich, clear amber with a medium, white head. Decent malt aroma, with some caramel and hazelnut. Sweet, with brown sugar, toffee, light bread and caramel, but only faint, earthy bitters. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish, with plenty more caramel maltiness, and a bit more hops. I liked this very much.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Wow, this is the best pale bitter I have ever had the pleasure of drinking. Orangey color with lots of hops, pleasant aroma...Very little carbonation makes this beer an excellent choice when in the mood for something a little different, great taste, fantastic
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a dark copper beer with some off white head that settles into a thin lacing on top. Honey, floral aroma. Sweet, slightly bitter beer. Toffee is in the mix too. Medium carbonation. Smooth and light mouthfeel.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottled 2/20/04. Nice Amber color, but quite Hazy. I probably should have been more careful while pouring it. Little head, yet the bubbles were quite large, something I rarely see. Smooth and easy drinking with very little aftertaste. It’s also not very carbonated. I’ll have to agree with Jeff here, it’s the closest of the bottled beers that I’ve had to a cask conditioned beer. Very nice.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled 2/20/04 - Nice clear dark amber body with a small frothy white head. The aroma is a nice mix of very British hops and malts. The flavor is also quie nice, again very British. This is one of the better bottled bitters I have yet had. This for me, comes about as close to a true cask bitter as I have had. Nice smooth mild body. This one could really be downed in quantities.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A - Huge roasted caramel and toffee
A - Copper brown with thick white head
T - Quite sweet and a bit sour with slight bitter finish
P - Medium to full and soft to creamy
O - A great ESB
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Virtually no head. Poured like it came right out of the cask. Hence, a wonderful mouthfeel. Very mild in the hops and malt. Just a nice little English Bitter.
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